Lamp-supporting bracket



E. A. HAWTHORNE.

LAMP SUPPORTING BRACKET. I

APPLICATION FILED MAR.21,1918.

1,370,585. Patented Mar. 8,1921.

I nvew/i/or EZZSworZiz rm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAMP-SUPPORTING BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

Application filed March 21, 1918. Serial No. 223,832.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLswoRTH A. HAW- rHonNE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and

a resident of Bridgeport, county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut,have invented an Improvement in Lamp-Supporting Brackets, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa specification, like characters on the drawings representing likeparts.

This invention relates to supporting brackets for lamps, lanterns andother objects, and is more especiallyconcerned with abracket havingmeans for locking the lamp or other body to the bracket in such a manneras to permit the same to be mounted and dismounted with great ease,while still ati'ording security against accidental or unauthorizeddismounting.

My invention will be best understood by reference to the followingdescription, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings ofone'specific embodiment thereof, while its scope will be moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is an elevation of a lantern and supportingbracket embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 alone;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the supporting bracket viewed from theleft-hand side of Fig. 1; v

Fig. 1 is a sectional view on line et-4 of Fig. 3, but with the lockremovedrand ig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, and to the embodiment of my invention whichis illustrated therein, I have shown a lantern 6 and alantern-supporting bracket 7, which may be provided with any suitablecooperating means for supporting the lantern on the bracket. In thepresent example, the bracket is generally L-shaped, and has a verticalweb 8 for attachment to an appropriate support, and a horizontal web 9which extends beneath and forms a support for the lantern 6, as shown inFig. 1. This provides a very substantial support, which may receive theentire weight of the lantern.

The lantern may be provided with one or more laterally projecting lugs10, and the bracket may be provided with one or more, herein a pair oflaterally-projecting lugs 11 is a plan of the supporting bracket and 12,embracing the lug or lugs 10, as shown in Fig. 1. In the presentexample, the lugs 11 and 12 are formed by punching the same out of thestock which forms the web 8, as will be evident from an inspection ofFigs. 3 and 1. The lugs 10 are herein provided with openings 13 and thelugs'll and 12 with openings 1 1 and 15, respectively, normallyregistering therewith to receive a suitable locking member 15' herein inthe form of a vertically slidable bolt 16. The latter is herein guidedpartly by said lugs and partly by a generally L-shaped guide 17, havingan opening 18 in line with the openings 14 and 15, as best shown in Fig.4. The guide 17, which may be secured in place in a suitable manner, asby electrically welding the same to the body of the bracket, also servesas a means for reinforcing the latter, as will be evident from aninspection of Fig. 4. The edge of the horizontal flange of guide 17forms an abutment cooperating with the side of the lantern and may serveas herein to prevent rotation thereof.

As a means normally to hold the bolt 16 in its locking position, and torestore the same to such position after having been withdrawn therefrom,I have herein provided a spring 19 encircling said bolt, and bearing atits lower end against the rein forcing member 17, and at its upper endagainst a suitable abutment carried by said locking member, herein a pin20. By withdrawing the bolt 16 in a downward direction against thepressure of the spring 19 until its upper end clears the lower lug 10,the lamp thus may be withdrawn from its place on the mounting.

If desired, I may provide suitable means to lock the bolt 16 in itsnormal position, thereby to prevent unauthorized removal of the lamp,and to that end I have herein provided said bolt with an ear 21 having ahole 22, which normally registers with a hole 23 in an ear 24. Thelatter may be conveniently formed by punching the same out of thematerial which forms the supporting base 9 for the lamp. Through theperforations thus formed, I may introduce a suitable locking element,and in the present instance have provided for such purpose a padlock 25having a bow or hasp 26, normally extending through the openings andlocking the bolt 16. It is evident that the bolt can be Withdrawn andthe lamp removed only by first removing the padlock.

The bracket may be secured to any suitable support in any appropriatemanner, as by providing screws 27 extending through perforations 28 inthe web 8. By reference to Fig. 5, it will be observed that the screwsand perforations are so located that, when the lamp is in place, saidscrews are rendered practically inaccessible, thus making it difiicultfor an unauthorized person to re move the bracket from its support. I

While I have herein shown and described one specific form or embodimentof my invention for illustrative purposes, and have disclosed anddiscussed in detail the construction and arrangement incidental to onespecific application thereof, it is to be understood that the inventionis limited neither to the mere details or relative arrangement prising abracket having two flat flanges at of parts, nor to its specificembodiment herein shown, but that extensive deviations from theillustrated form or embodiment of the invention may be'made, withoutdeparting from the principles thereof. Having thus described myinvention, what I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is: 1. Adevice of the class described comright angles, one of the flanges beingprovided with an apertured lug formed by punching said flange to form atongue perpendicular to said flange, the other flange being providedwith an integrallug formed by punching said flange to form a tongue bentout from said flange, the first mentioned tongue entering the angularspace between said flanges and the second extending in an outwarddirection with reference to said space, a bolt extending through thesecond flange and the first lug and having means to secure it to thesecond lug.

2. A device as described in claim 1 wherein a second angular member issecured at the angle of the first.

8. A device as described in claim 1 wherein the second lug is aperturedand the bolt is provided with an apertured end, the two to receive alocking element.

The combination of a body and a support therefor, said supportcomprising a generally L-shaped bracket having two arms one of whichextends beneath said body and the other of which is disposed laterallyof said body, the'last-mentioned arm having means cooperating with thefirst-mentioned arm to hold said body against movement perpendicular tothe first-mentioned arm, and a locking bolt extending through thefirst-mentioned arm to hold said body against movement perpendicular tosaid lastmentioned arm. 7

In testimony whereof 1 have signed my name to this specification.

ELLSWORTH A. HAXVTHORNE.

